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What would you do if you suddenly woke up and found yourself in a state mental institution that looked more like a prison than a hospital? Then when you demanded to know why you were being held against your will, no one in the place would give you a straight answer? And on top of this, you have a serious case of amnesia? Especially when you are asked to recount any details about Hampton Road, a desolate country road that in your present state of mind seems to have no beginning and no end?

This is only part of your reason for despairing. The couple times your mother has visited you, she acts like she doesn't recognize you. When you turn to your girlfriend for support, she appears frightened over your seemingly odd behavior. And perhaps more puzzling than anything else, your best friend seems to have disappeared into the thin air.

Was it something you did? The sad thing is, you don't really remember. A large part of you has been cut away, and what remains is knotted up inside you into a tight ball of confusion and dread.Welcome to the disturbing world of the main character, a young man who has lost everything, except maybe his sense of humor. When he reflects on the absurdity of his tragic situation, he has a choice. He can either despair or have hope. Hope means that the nightmare of Hampton Road is no more real than his present fantasies.

This is a book that will keep you flipping the pages as the mystery unfolds through the perspective of three characters whose lives converge on the fateful night when the world as they knew it ended.

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Michael Segedy is an award winning author. Over the years he has lived abroad in faraway places such as Taiwan, Israel, Morocco, and Peru. His life overseas has inspired him to write thrillers that include scenes set in foreign lands.

Novels to date:

Hampton Road, a psychological thrillerIn Deep, a political thrillerCupiditas, a political thrillerEvil's Root, a compilation of In Deep and CupiditasEMMA: Emergent Movement of Militant Anarchists, a terrorist thrillerOur Darker Angel, a crime thrillerSanctimonious Serial Killers, a crime thriller

Apart from writing novels, Michael has published three non-fiction works:

A Critical Look at John Gardner's GrendelTeaching Literature and Writing in the Secondary ClassroomWinesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson with Introduction, Notes, and Lessons by Michael Segedy

He's also published numerous academic articles about literature and writing in various scholarly journals.

Gwendolyn Brooks, former poet laureate of Illinois, presented him with Virginia English Bulletin's first place writing award.

He and his family currently spend half of the year living in the US and the other half in Lima, Peru.